Med Surg RN
Uniontown, PA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 30, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Med/Surg RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring 2 years of experience and a compact or PA RN license.

Details

• Acute care setting on a Med/Surg unit with all-private rooms
• Patient ratios of 1:6-7
• Night shift, 12-hour shifts (7p-7:30a)
• Every other weekend required (Sat/Sun), plus 2 Fridays per schedule
• 36 guaranteed hours per week
• Cerner EMR used
• Floating limited to other Med/Surg units
• Remote telemetry monitoring available, but RNs do not read strips
• Manages patients on Bipap, Cpap, and High Flow (RT manages vent settings)
• Administers drips such as Heparin and MSO4 for comfort care (no cardiac drips)
• Patient population includes post-surgical, ortho, pneumonia, dialysis, palliative/hospice, end-of-life, and low-volume inpatient chemo cases
• May be assigned to both 'clean' and designated COVID ('dirty') patient hallways simultaneously

Requirements

• Active RN license (Compact or PA) required
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
• BLS certification required
• BSN not required
• Must be comfortable caring for both COVID and non-COVID patients concurrently
• Unexpired driver's license copy required for consideration
• Any professional license history must be disclosed at time of consideration

Additional Information

• Unit includes 2 CNAs on days with no CNA support on nights
• Clinical Manager oversees the unit Mon-Sat, serving as both charge nurse and nurse manager, taking patients only if census exceeds 24
• Night shift resource nurse carries a full patient assignment
• One shift of floor-specific orientation with a preceptor provided
• Required to work into the permanent staff holiday rotation
• Scrub color is navy blue, with jackets (if worn) also required to be navy blue
• Self-scheduling and blocked schedules allowed as long as unit needs are met
• Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the facility; local travelers not accepted
• Returning travelers must have taken a 2-year break before reapplying to any WVU Medicine location
• Travelers may not work within WVU facilities for longer than a year without taking a 2-year break
• All candidates interview directly with the unit manager